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Frank
Flightless Bird
Alias wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>> Frank wrote:
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:hjdemh$pet$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>> Frank wrote:
>>>>>>>> Zootal wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Alias <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:hjd0ek$rqp$1@news.eternal-september.org:
>>>>>>>>>> Zootal wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Frank <fab@scu.kma> wrote in news:4b59f352@news.x-privat.org:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Zootal wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If I run the sidebar (sidebar.exe), it adds itself into the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> registry so that it auto runs at the next windows startup.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> How can
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I run it when I want, but stop it from making itself autorun
>>>>>>>>>>>>> everytime I run it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> IOW I want to run it when I feel like it, but I don't want
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> make itself autorun. How to do this?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Why not just right click on your desktop/view/show desktop
>>>>>>>>>>>> gadgets
>>>>>>>>>>>> and take the tick off "show desktop gadgets" when you don't
>>>>>>>>>>>> want to
>>>>>>>>>>>> view them?
>>>>>>>>>>> I could, but that really isn't what I want. Control, man,
>>>>>>>>>>> control. I
>>>>>>>>>>> want to control when it runs, not have it tell me it is going
>>>>>>>>>>> to run
>>>>>>>>>>> at startup whether I want it to or not.
>>>>>>>>>> You've got the wrong operating system if you want control. MS
>>>>>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>>>>>> do relinquishing control of Windows.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This isn't an OS issue, it's an application issue. Usually,
>>>>>>>>> such programs allow you to choose whether they run at startup.
>>>>>>>>> For reasons known only to Microsoft, sidebar doesn't give you
>>>>>>>>> that choice.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cody, aka alias, is a known MS hating linturd troll. He doesn't
>>>>>>>> have Windows 7 so he knows nothing at all about it so obviously,
>>>>>>>> pay no attention to the stupid troll.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can easily solve your "control" issue with sidebar.exe by
>>>>>>>> swapping the Windows 7 version of the sidebar.exe files with the
>>>>>>>> Vista version.
>>>>>>>> The Vista version is the original gadget version whereas the
>>>>>>>> Windows 7 version are handled just like desktop icons, as you've
>>>>>>>> noticed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You'll need to take control of the W 7 files to do the swap and
>>>>>>>> can do that with this handy little take ownership reg hack at:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/499870-vista-tips-tricks-tweaks/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Vista gadget setup will allow you to control gadget startup
>>>>>>>> and will place an icon in your taskbar.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hacking usually is the way MS products can be controlled.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Open msconfig from the runbox.
>>>>>> Go to the startup tab.
>>>>>> uncheck sidebar.exe
>>>>>> close msconfig.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to restart sidebar just type it into the runbox.
>>>>>
>>>>> How user unfriendly can MS get?
>>>>>
>>>> You don't have nor use 7
>>>
>>> Yes I do.
>>>
>>>> so why do you care?
>>>
>>> I don't like the Sidebar loading automatically either, obviously
>>>
>> You don't have Windows 7 so you don't have any sidebar to worry about!
>> Oops!...LOL!
>
> And your proof other than your twisted imagination is?
>
Your daily dissing of a product you don't even have!
Oops!
> Frank wrote:
>> Alias wrote:
>>> Frank wrote:
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>> Andrew wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:hjdemh$pet$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>> Frank wrote:
>>>>>>>> Zootal wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Alias <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in
>>>>>>>>> news:hjd0ek$rqp$1@news.eternal-september.org:
>>>>>>>>>> Zootal wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Frank <fab@scu.kma> wrote in news:4b59f352@news.x-privat.org:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Zootal wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If I run the sidebar (sidebar.exe), it adds itself into the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> registry so that it auto runs at the next windows startup.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> How can
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I run it when I want, but stop it from making itself autorun
>>>>>>>>>>>>> everytime I run it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> IOW I want to run it when I feel like it, but I don't want
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> make itself autorun. How to do this?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Why not just right click on your desktop/view/show desktop
>>>>>>>>>>>> gadgets
>>>>>>>>>>>> and take the tick off "show desktop gadgets" when you don't
>>>>>>>>>>>> want to
>>>>>>>>>>>> view them?
>>>>>>>>>>> I could, but that really isn't what I want. Control, man,
>>>>>>>>>>> control. I
>>>>>>>>>>> want to control when it runs, not have it tell me it is going
>>>>>>>>>>> to run
>>>>>>>>>>> at startup whether I want it to or not.
>>>>>>>>>> You've got the wrong operating system if you want control. MS
>>>>>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>>>>>> do relinquishing control of Windows.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This isn't an OS issue, it's an application issue. Usually,
>>>>>>>>> such programs allow you to choose whether they run at startup.
>>>>>>>>> For reasons known only to Microsoft, sidebar doesn't give you
>>>>>>>>> that choice.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cody, aka alias, is a known MS hating linturd troll. He doesn't
>>>>>>>> have Windows 7 so he knows nothing at all about it so obviously,
>>>>>>>> pay no attention to the stupid troll.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can easily solve your "control" issue with sidebar.exe by
>>>>>>>> swapping the Windows 7 version of the sidebar.exe files with the
>>>>>>>> Vista version.
>>>>>>>> The Vista version is the original gadget version whereas the
>>>>>>>> Windows 7 version are handled just like desktop icons, as you've
>>>>>>>> noticed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You'll need to take control of the W 7 files to do the swap and
>>>>>>>> can do that with this handy little take ownership reg hack at:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/499870-vista-tips-tricks-tweaks/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Vista gadget setup will allow you to control gadget startup
>>>>>>>> and will place an icon in your taskbar.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hacking usually is the way MS products can be controlled.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Alias
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Open msconfig from the runbox.
>>>>>> Go to the startup tab.
>>>>>> uncheck sidebar.exe
>>>>>> close msconfig.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to restart sidebar just type it into the runbox.
>>>>>
>>>>> How user unfriendly can MS get?
>>>>>
>>>> You don't have nor use 7
>>>
>>> Yes I do.
>>>
>>>> so why do you care?
>>>
>>> I don't like the Sidebar loading automatically either, obviously
>>>
>> You don't have Windows 7 so you don't have any sidebar to worry about!
>> Oops!...LOL!
>
> And your proof other than your twisted imagination is?
>
Your daily dissing of a product you don't even have!
Oops!